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Business and commerce are at the heart of capitalist societies, and are becoming increasingly powerful as technologies proliferate and leaders acquire vast amounts of wealth and influence. Carnegie Council’s programs, events, and experts analyze these developments through an ethical lens.

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NOV 15, 2023 Podcast

Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, with Bethany Allen

MAR 24, 2022 Podcast

The Doorstep: How Cryptocurrencies & NFTs May Change the Global World Order, with David Yermack

NYU Stern's Professor David Yermack discusses NFTs, Ukraine, and the future of crypto with Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin.

MAY 6, 2022 Podcast

For Companies, Could China Be the Next Russia? with Perth Tolle

Isaac Stone Fish and finance expert Perth Tolle discuss the global economic backlash to Russia after the Ukraine invasion, China, and much more.

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JUN 1, 2010 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Sarah Holcombe on Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights

What rules should govern business and academic interactions with so-called traditional knowledge? Sarah Holcombe examines questions of knowledge management, intellectual property rights, and research ethics ...

MAY 28, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: After the War on Terror

Will the next dominant international conflict be between state capitalism and free market capitalism? Will it supplant the war on terror? What do you think?

MAY 26, 2010 Podcast

"The End of the Free Market:" Devin Stewart Interviews Ian Bremmer

In a discussion about his latest book, Ian Bremmer analyzes the troubled relationship between the U.S. and China, and the rise of what he ...

MAY 18, 2010 Podcast

Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy

Raghuram Rajan traces the deepening fault lines in a world overly dependent on the indebted U.S. consumer to power global economic growth, and where ...

The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?

MAY 13, 2010 Article

Book Review: "The End of the Free Market" by Ian Bremmer

State capitalism differs from free-market capitalism in that politics rather than profit is the main driver of decision-making. For this reason, it threatens to curtail ...

MAY 11, 2010 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Unmesh Brahme, Cofounder of the Climate Civics Institute

Unmesh Brahme of HSBC India discusses his newly-launched Climate Civics Institute, which grew out of a Yale World Fellowship. The Institute's mission is to create ...

APR 30, 2010 Podcast

How the Economy Works: Confidence, Crashes, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

We need to synthesize the idea that a free-market economy is a self-correcting mechanism and the Keynesian principle that capitalism needs some guidance, says UCLA ...

APR 15, 2010 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Angolan Activist Rafael Marques

With examples ranging from mobile phones to diamonds, Marques tells of his brave fight to expose the rampant corruption that afflicts Angolan society from top ...

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APR 12, 2010 Podcast

The Education of an American Dreamer

Peter G. Peterson tells his remarkable life story, from growing up in Nebraska, to advertising, to secretary of commerce under Nixon, to Lehman Brothers, and ...

APR 9, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Sports, NCAA Basketball, and Money

Is the role of the NCAA to help students succeed through sports, or to garner money for educational institutions? With the high drop-out rate of ...